Hi I have a 3 year old Cinnamon Queen hen in with 9 others all same age all same accommodations, food, water, etc. They have an outdoor run that is dirt, and indoor/outdoor run that is dirt on top of cement, and the coop itself has fine wood shavings bedding. This morning I went to feed and I...
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This is a very sad story but a very valuable lesson I learned.
So I have had my chickens for almost 2 years now. I built an automatic watering system for them which consisted of a 55 gallon drum in the rafters of the coop roof and a pvc pipe that comes down and goes to horizontal...
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I have 12 chickens that I got all at exactly the same time they are all exactly the same age. 6 cinnimon queens, 3 barred rock, 3 Easter eggers. They are all 18 months. A few months ago I noticed one chicken had a raw butt. I quarantined it and the feathers slowly began to grow back...
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I purchased 12 chicks last February. They all grew up together and got along fine. I have a 8x20' caged run that they chill out in and I open the door to a grassed area that is 40x40'. The outside run area was just setup with cheap wire mesh on the pound in green garden stakes as a...
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Looking for some guidance. I have 12 girls and this morning I noticed one has a red bottom with no feathers. All others check out ok. I do not see others pecking her but maybe it happens when I am not around. I got some pictures sorry they are blurry. Any advice appreciated.
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I have a 4x8 indoor roosting area and that leads to a 8 x 20 covered run. Currently I am using the following for water:
https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/harris-farms-poultry-drinker-5-qt?cm_vc=-10005...
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I tried to research a lot before building my coop and knew that adequate ventilation was key. So I made my coop with I thought TONS of ventilation. My coop (the actual roosting section) measures 4'x8'. I have 4 2x4 roosting bars going across the 4' span giving my chicks 16' of roosting...
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I am a first year chicken owner and I started with a tiny gravity bottle waterer and then upgraded to the 1 gallon and now the 5 gallon. The 5 gallon waterer is OK but the handle is too flimsy to hang it and my chickens are always filling the water trough with dirt.
I want to build a...
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We have tried to do my research and found the consensus seems to be 10% of floor space for ventilation. We are in the process of making a 4x8 coop and it is covered by an existing overhang from a garage/shed. The soffit of the existing building has vents and there is a ridge vent on...
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I have a 2.5 month old EE that started to show signs of a beak deformity at a few weeks. I believe this would be constituted as scissor beak from what I am reading however the beak does not cross at all, it simply wont close all the way. The upper beak looks more like a hawk...